By Ibrahim Kalin / cis-ca.org As the most prominent defender of traditional metaphysics and philosophy of science in the 20^th century, Guenon has played a key role in the development of a highly critical position towards what Wolfgang Smith has called modern ‘scientism'.

Categories: Muslim Civilization  Philosophy  Traditional Sceinces  Sufism  New Muslims  Muslim Westerners  Islam  

Added: September 05, 2010

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By FEISAL G. MOHAMED / NY Times Bigots of all varieties have claimed an entitlement to their views on grounds of tender conscience.

Categories: Burqa  Religious Bigotry  Philosophy  Freedom of Worship  European Muslims  

Added: July 29, 2010

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By MARTHA NUSSBAUM / NY Times Let's start with an assumption that is widely shared: that all human beings are equal bearers of human dignity.  It is widely agreed that government must treat that dignity with equal respect.   But what is it to treat people with equal respect in areas touching on religious belief and observance?

Categories: Burqa  Religion  Islam  Philosophy  Human Rights  Europe  

Added: July 16, 2010

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By Dwight Garner / NY Times Paul Berman's new book, "The Flight of the Intellectuals," plural, might as easily have been titled "The Flight of the Intellectual," singular. It is essentially a booklong polemic against one magazine article: a profile of the Islamic philosopher Tariq Ramadan, written by Ian Buruma

Categories: Book Review  Tariq Ramadan  Philosophy  Islamophobia  Fascist  

Added: May 03, 2010

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By Sam Harris and Karen Armstrong / FP Religion is also about the quest for transcendence, the discipline of compassion, and the endless search for meaning; it was not designed to provide us with the same kind of explanations as science, but to help us to live creatively, serenely, and kindly with the suffering that is an inescapable part of the human condition.

Categories: Religion  Atheism  Dialogue with Others  Philosophy  Islam  

Added: January 18, 2010

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By Ziauddin Sardar In a world that is shaped and controlled by another civilization, the real task facing the Mulsim umma is the creation of an intellectual space which is a genuine embodiment of the world-view and culture of Islam. Without this intellectual space, reformist ideas and programmes will bear no fruit. Muslim civilization has a dire need of genuine intellectuals

Categories: Muslim Civilization  Islam  Culture  Philosophy  

Added: December 27, 2009

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By Ziauddin Sardar In a world that is shaped and controlled by another civilization, the real task facing the Mulsim umma is the creation of an intellectual space which is a genuine embodiment of the world-view and culture of Islam. Without this intellectual space, reformist ideas and programmes will bear no fruit. Muslim civilization has a dire need of genuine intellectuals

Categories: Islam  History  Muslim Civilization  Philosophy  Reformaers  The Muslim World  

Added: October 15, 2009

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By Ziauddin Sardar / The Philosophers' Magazine One cannot have a revolt on behalf of reason in Islam because reason is central to its worldview: reason is the other side of revelation and the Qur'an presents both as ‘signs of God'. A Muslim society cannot function without either: Ziauddin Sardar on the shadow cast over Islamic culture by the Enlightenment.

Categories: Clonialism  Islam  Muslim Civilization  Philosophy  The Neo-cons  Enlightenment  

Added: September 12, 2009

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By Elma Ruth Harder / cis-ca.org Al-Attas views Western civilization as constantly changing and ‘becoming' without ever achieving ‘being'. He analyzes that many institutions and nations are influenced by this spirit of the West and they continually revise and change their basic developmental goals and educational objectives to follow the trends from the West. He points to Islamic metaphysics which shows that Reality is composed of both permanence and change

Categories: Biography  Islam  Muslim Civilization  People  Philosophy  Sufism  

Added: August 11, 2009

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By Hesham Hassaballa / altmuslim In their first US conference, Hizb-ut-Tahrir, the global Islamic caliphate movement, claims to "project a positive image of Islam to the West and engage in dialogue with Western thinkers, policymakers and academics." Their actions, tactics, and past antics strongly belie this contention.

Categories: Islam in the West  Islamic Movements  Misconceptions  Philosophy  Radicalization  Hizb-ut-Tahrir  

Added: August 10, 2009

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